Kalin Cogar is a Senior Attorney in the Albuquerque office handling civil litigation matters, specifically the defense of bodily injury cases (auto, premises liability, products liability, construction, and landlord-tenant cases).  Kalin has over six years of litigation experience in criminal and civil matters.  She began her career in Houston, Texas, working for a boutique law firm handling both criminal and civil matters, including various immigration cases.  In 2016 Ms. Cogar moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and began working as a prosecutor for the First Judicial District of New Mexico District Attorney's Office.  In 2018 she joined the Special Victim's Unit prosecution team as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Second Judicial District of New Mexico.  In 2020 she made the move to civil litigation and practiced with a national defense firm before joining Mayer LLP in April of 2022.

In her free time, Kalin enjoys hiking and/or snowboarding in the mountains, spending time with her two nephews and her German Shephard-Huskey, traveling, college football, and live music.

Services

• Litigation

Education

• South Texas College of Law, J.D., 2013
• Baylor University – B.A. in Journalism/Public Relations with a minor in Communications, 2005

Admissions

• State Bar of New Mexico
• State Bar of Texas
• United States District Court for the District of New Mexico